You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City